1ST Pricing reports that business “nearly tripled” the first month its quote service for residential construction plans supported AutoCAD.
Before November 2004, 1ST Pricing only supported TurboCAD. In October, it provided 65 quotes. In November 2004, with potential clients downloading a new AutoCAD plug-in, the company's delivered quotes went up to 167.
1ST Pricing's free software creates a detailed bill of materials including real-time, comparative pricing from numerous manufacturers combined with pricing and an online fulfillment capability to support it.
“We automate the entire process, including specifying products directly on the blueprints with competitive line-item pricing, online review, and fulfillment and jobsite delivery,” says Douglas Lopez, president of 1ST Pricing. “We provided detailed, comparative pricing on over 1,500 windows without any additional demand on our staff.”
A free download of the Window & Door Toolkit for AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architectural Desktop and Autodesk Map 3D is available at www.1stPricing.com. The pricing service is also free.